Topics in Advanced Spotter Training - Severe Storm Ingredients

In this installment of Advanced Spotter Training, we dive into the complex yet fascinating world of Severe Storm Ingredients. We cover Moisture, Lift, Instability, and Wind Shear.
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National Weather Service
Norman, Oklahoma
weather.gov/norman

[@bigbowlowrong4694]

I’m 35 now, but remember wanting to be a meteorologist when I was 10. I was just fascinated by thunderstorms and would spend hours on end on unsettled summer days waiting for the afternoon storms to pop up. By the the time I was 15, however, I realised I had to be REALLY good at mathematics if I wanted to study meteorology at university and make a career out of it. I was always terrible at maths and always hated it as a subject - even basic algebra was beyond me. If this were a motivational memory I’d tell you I buckled down, paid attention in my math classes and started to get it... but instead I dropped mathematics and hard science as soon as I could in high school, focused on the social sciences and went to law school. I still love watching those summer storms roll in, though.

[@sarahterry2140]

Thank you very much; just finished my first 2 weeks storm chasing with others and am finding your videos so useful to learn more.

[@kentstormchasers8043]

This is definitely one of the more 'digestible' videos about severe ingredients on the internet. Thanks very much! Also, are non US nationals welcome to attend the spotter training seminars? We are an amateur severe weather monitoring group from the UK who come to the US to observe storms. Thanks

[@TheNekoMimiGamer]

I went into programming when I attended university, but I find myself still fascinated with storm tracking. I'll likely never do any actual chasing, better to leave that to professionals, but I do alert my friends whenever severe weather is likely for their areas. They do the same for me.

[@gailmckenzie8291]

Great Job👍

[@PaulKohlmeier]

Great short little video that gets right to the point! Keep posting more to help refresh before storm season.

[@arrowguy173]

That first minute though... lol Here it is 2021 and starting another spotter season. Great to have these videos available. Never Stop Chasing.

[@orion2250]

Thank you very much for sharing invaluable information freely!

[@Demon666Ella]

Watched this in class. :)) My meteorology teacher replayed it so much so we could learn so thanks for that!

[@patrickmeissner2249]

Very imformative! Greetings from germany ^^

[@008Birdman]

Watching this tonight because the scheduled webinar I signed up for is full. I cannot get on to view it so I am brushing up where I can. Thanks for the video. Informative and entertaining.

[@gailmckenzie8291]

Thank You for sharing this with us.

[@jamessummers5946]

they had me in the first half, not gonna lie

[@the_mentaculus]

I'm not gonna lie, I got excited when you showed all those equations. I love vector calculus.

[@evanq4366]

Thank you for posting!

[@isaacg7338]

Thank you! Very helpful!

[@shnozberries92]

Very informative and interesting. Thank you for the post.

[@geonerd]

Good job!

[@perryhansen1822]

Keep up the Great work. Northeast Nebraska. Will Spotting in this area. Thanks

[@StormThief122]

Nice video, very informative.

[@DoctorPhobos]

You had me at Omega Equation. ❤

[@hnchmen34]

Remarkable and very informative presentation...

[@nevaehsmiracleconnieelliot2297]

The only thing that I didn't like about the video is it wasn't long enough other than that it was very interesting and informative thanks so much for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻🌪️

[@catboogers]

when those equations came up i almost closed the video

[@thunderspence8183]

Then there are times where I've seen super cells with dew points under 50 though.

[@salem_rose]

Well I'm screwed, I failed math

[@scratchpad7954]

_SEES LITERALLY EVERY ALPHANUMERIC SCRIPT KNOWN TO HUMANKIND IN MATH_ _PANICKED SCREAMING ENSUES_

[@greatestever184]

you lost me with math, and equations.

[@trevorfell6428]

It was a joke

[@gailmckenzie8291]

Great Job👍